European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Aily Magazine James Lee Dozier by William Inman United press International James Lee Dozier is a Wiser Man he never chides his wife about her instincts any it was an instinct that told her to ignore the doorbells obnoxious buzzing Back on nobody was expected at their it was late in the a strange time for plumbers that what they said they were to come traipsing tearing up the place looking for a neighbors i told my wife not to said a Man Given to trusting people despite his hard boiled training As a Field tank famous last Dozier an army major general who leaves his Texas command this month and enters civilian life for the first time in 35 years unlatched the in poured Italy feared red they grabbed they grabbed his he fought i lost the he his wife was bound in chains and bruised and he was tossed into the trunk of a Van and trundled off to an unknown location in the dark of they the terrorists had false moustaches and he they stuffed me in the trunk and drove to a town an hour and a half there they kept me in a tent for 42 he was isolated from communicating with the world via Han signals to shadowy figures slipping through the Flap of his he was forced to listen to Rock music through earphones 24 hours a i was not except for the Rock he complained about the his captors gave him a break and flipped on a couple of Gershwin still the boredom was he played cards to kill the he read 12 of them the last the Story of a police his told the world to Pray for Dozier Safe i really didst expect to get Dozier the first thing i was aware of was looking up and seeing the guard had a pistol with a Silencer on and aimed in my general i jumped up and ran to one Corner of the and about that time the world a Guy burst through the Flap of the tent and knocked Down the i looked out and this just aint my the new attacker looked like another terror Clad in a ski mask and tight fitting i thought i was caught in a jurisdictional dispute Between two terrorist the of was a Good a member of Italy elite police they freed captured the terrorists and rounded up scores of others based on tips generated by the Dozier Italy was in Dozier became a the italians had demonstrated to the world they could suppress a sophisticated terrorist organization without declaring martial Law and withholding civil lib he the terrorist plot to Embarrass Italy had who departs his Post As Secondi command of Texas fort the largest army base in the Dozier recalls kidnapping in Italy in 1981 terrorists forced captive to hear Rock music Western plans to Tell the world about his expert he Hopes to write a help prepare a television movie and lecture others on terrorism and its pre but he still Doest have a full time Job lined in looking Forward to a full fledged second he no career plans in in the pro Cess of interviewing for Judy and i dont have any geographical but we dont want to get awfully Dozier is a Florida the military is better prepared now for he i think we have struck a pretty Good balance be tween prudence and three or so years ago there were no executive Protection measures for our senior people stationed in As a result of these he were now doing a lot of things we we rent doing we Arent playing into the hands of terrorist part of the new protections involve defensive driving minimizing risks and using escorts whenever were now in the realm of being reason but in a place like the Middle All bets Are Dozier is Only 54 years the recipient of rapid promotion and among other medals he holds the military legion of the Silver Star and purple in addition to his West Point commis he holds a masters degree in aerospace Engi Why retire when the service has been so Good i had to make a personal he when you reach a Point where the opportunities Are no longer open to its time to do something something else will not include joining a defens Ere lated he the practice of retiring military personnel getting lucrative jobs with companies whose contracts they Monitor is known As the revolving therell be no revolving door with that some thing i feel strongly a matter of he he wants to make room for quite gee this is the Best peace time armed forces this nation has Ever theres a lot of Talent coming into the were exciting the finest manpower with some exciting Dozier spent much of the past 10 years helping to develop the controversial my Abrams people who say that tank is a waste of tax Money Are just pooling their its an expensive piece of but its a Good just ask the men in the Fjeld who use  be much of the tank testing took place at the sprawling fort with the new night vision equipment and vehicles including the Bradley fighting vehicle and Apache the army has revolutionized its Battle Capa for the first our army will be a True 24hour fighting performing equally As Well at night As in contrary to what you might this equipment is engineered to be easy to maintain and is 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